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<h1>Utility Classes</h1>

Not all of the classes in this package are of interest for all module
writers, but some of them may or even are as they are used through out
our sources.

<h2>Package <a href="../../package-summary.html"><code>org.openide.util</code></a></h2>

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    <li><a href="../../NbBundle.html">NbBundle</a> as our specialized support
    for localization and replacement to
    {@link java.util.ResourceBundle ResourceBundle }.
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    <li><a href="../../Task.html"><code>Task</code></a> and especially
    <a href="../../RequestProcessor.html"><code>RequestProcessor</code></a> which
    is our way to manage pools of thread workers and execute asynchronous
    computations.
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    <li>
    <a href="../../BaseUtilities.html"><code>BaseUtilities</code></a> which contain
    a lot of methods of possible interest. For example
    <a href="../../BaseUtilities.html#topologicalSort(java.util.Collection,%20java.util.Map)"><code>topologicalSort</code></a>,
    <a href="../../BaseUtilities.html#activeReferenceQueue()"><code>activeReferenceQueue</code></a>,
    <a href="../../BaseUtilities.html#translate(java.lang.String)"><code>translate</code></a>.
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    <li>
    <a href="../../Enumerations.html"><code>Enumerations</code></a> provide
    enhacened support for manipulation with 
    {@link java.util.Enumeration Enumeration}s and especially
    their on-demand generation.
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